Here’s the latest at the end of monday. The supreme court hears arguments in a case about president trump's firing of a federal trade commissioner The word “justice” is seen on the rear side of the supreme court building as the court hears arguments on december 8, 2025 in the case arising from president donald trump’s dismissal of ftc commissioner rebecca slaughter The case is being closely watched due to its broader implications concerning the president’s powers to fire the heads of independent government agencies Conservative justices have limited it in recent years, but some want to do away with it entirely, and the trump administration argues that agency heads unaccountable to an elected president are. The supreme court appeared poised to side with president donald trump and allow him to fire a member of the federal trade commission without cause, a provocative move aimed at upending the long.
During oral arguments on monday, the four conservative justices on the court appeared to disagree with ms slaughter's lawyers' arguments that this would be an unacceptable expansion of trump's powers.
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